THIS LIST WILL BE PERIODICALLY UPDATED, as authors come out with new tales and/or as I discover others.

Most of the links lead to the Kindle versions of the books.

Ratings:

These are reading GUIDELINES. Reading ages and abilities vary widely, so please keep in mind that I don’t even pretend to know what you or your kids/siblings/whoever can handle. These ratings are determined based on general reading levels and general content tolerance levels.

The rating means a book has one or more of that kind of content, not necessarily all of them. Not every book rated PG-13 is going to have swearing, for example. Sometimes it’s rated that for violence.

PG-13 does not necessarily mean ‘clean’. That’s why I’ve added clean to the series that qualify.

G: as safe as a kids’ book or family documentary

PG: mild violence, mild clean/sweet romance handled lightly, and/or exciting adventures that aren’t too tense.

PG-13: some violence, mild physicality and sexuality, and/or mild swearing.

PG-16: high levels of violence, psychologically medium-dark scenes, and/or mid-level sexual content, adult concepts, and/or medium-level swear words and frequency.

Mature: intense violence, high level sexual content, intense ‘dark’ content, psychologically dark scenes or concepts, and/or lots of swearing.

Clean: little to no mild swearing, violence that isn’t graphic, kissing and sexual content handled the same way you’d find in a Hallmark movie. definitions: high : takes place in a secondary world that has no knowledge of Earth, contains magic/fantasy races/fantasy creatures : takes place on Earth in our modern time with magic or fantasy races/creatures added, usually lighter in tone than urban fantasy: Earth, our modern time, includes magic, set in a city or contains a city as the primary setting, usually grittier than contemporary fantasy, often includes and (fantasy): fantasy with technology equivalent to the gaslamp (fantasy): historical eras with technology pre-Industrial Revolution but post- medieval age (roughly equivalent to Regency-era technology) : a moral, spiritual, or political story retold using symbolism dystopian: a story set in a world, Earth or other, in which everything is bad, frequently ruled by a tyrant or psychotic person.

Contact:

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List compiled by Arielle Bailey.

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YA

Mirror, Mirror Calonita, Jen , PG-13, A Twisted Tale series

A Dream of Ebony and White Cellier, Melanie high fantasy, PG-13, Beyond the Four Kingdoms #4

The Fairest Beauty Dickerson, Melanie historical fiction (medieval Europe), PG-13, Fairy Tale Romances #3

Mira, Mirror Harrison, Mette Ivie high fantasy, PG-16

The Serpent’s Shadow Lackey, Mercedes (London 1909), Masters #1

Stitching Snow Lewis, R.C. , PG-13

Snow Lynn, Tracy high fantasy, PG-13, Once Upon a Time is Timeless series

Mirror, Mirror Maguire, Gregory historical fantasy (Borgia Italy), PG-13

Winter Meyer, Marissa science fantasy/space opera, PG-13, The Lunar Chronicles #4

Blood in the Snow Pennington, Sarah high fantasy (Chinese-inspired), PG-13

Reflection Peters, Camille high fantasy, PG-13, The Kingdom Chronicles #4

The Shadow Queen Redwine, C.J. high fantasy, PG-13, Ravenspire #1

Death Be Not Proud Rowntree, Suzannah historical fantasy (1920’s New Zealand), PG-13, Fairy Tale Retold series

Snow White’s Mirror Slayton, Shonna historical fantasy (Edwardian America), PG-13, Fairy Tale Inheritance #3

Snow White Shea, K.M. high fantasy, PG-13, Timeless Fairy Tales #11

Fairest Son Williams, H.S.J. high fantasy, PG-13 Fairest of All Valentino, Serena / Disney high fantasy, PG-13, Villains #1

Snow In Summer Yolen, Jane high fantasy, PG-13

MIDDLE GRADE

Fairest Levine, Gail Carson high fantasy, PG

The Ring Marshall, A.G. high fantasy, PG, Once Upon a Short Story #4